Informal snapshot of U.S. doughboys

Informal black and white photograph of ten WWI soldiers beside building in Europe. Several in leather jerkins; one in campaign hat. From the service of Charles Euwer, Sr., Private, Engineer, Railway, AEF.

During World War I, thousands of African American men answered their country's call and joined the armed services. Though segregation policies at the time followed them into the military, the service of African Americans broke barriers and challenged the heart of racist policies in the military and beyond.